First Dates and a Random Guy Fishing by the River

I'm sure some of you have seen the Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore flick "Fifty First Dates." Although I'm not a huge fan of Sandler, this movie isn't too bad. It provides one with ideas for first dates, so atleast it gives back to society, right? Having recently been on a first date with, let's just face it blog world, one of the most fantastic guys ever, I started thinking about what other first date options are out there. Let's review them here:

1. Ice skating--What better way is there to spend time with someone you like, but don't know very well, than by falling on your face as often as possible? Even better, when falling on your rear over and over again, you increase the likelihood of appearing as if you just wet yourself. I know I'm attracted a guy who walks like he just had a bowel movement.

2. Country Line Dancing--Nothing like the "Electric Slide" to put you in the mood for love. Hey guys, while you're going from side to side, you might want to consider the possibility that your lady friend is only thinking about whether or not she can actually date a guy who wears tight jeans. Yikes.

3. The Museum--Don't get me wrong. Museums are great places for learning and seeing works of art that take your breath away. But if either one of you are looking at a painting and thinking that the people in the picture are better looking than your date, you're in trouble.

4. A poetry reading--I love poetry. I like to write poetry. I even like to read it from time to time. Why not spend two hours of your life sitting in an uncomfortable chair in a dimly lit room, listening to metaphors and similes, alliteration and slant rhyme? Not only do you come away with a back ache and the ever occurring urge to squint your eyes, but you also have no idea what the heck you just spent two hours doing. Good times...good times.

Thankfully, I did none of these last Friday. We had dinner, took a nice walk by the river while the sun was setting and the sky was giving off all of those brilliant colours, shared in special moments and prayed together. We even saw some random dude fishing by the water--atleast it looked like fishing. So thanks be to Wes for not picking any of the above first date options. You did real good ;).